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With the voice of Alex Trebek
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20 10 50 40 30 Civil Rights New Technologies Mixed Up Legislation Globalized People
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Civil R ights10 ANSWER Segregation is the separation of what?
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Civil Rights10 BOARD Races
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Civil Rights 20 ANSWER Effects of segregation include all of the following except: A.Separate schools B.Separate public facilities C.Social isolation of races D.Separate religious facilities
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BOARD Civil Rights 20 D. Separate religious facilities
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Civil Rights 30 ANSWER What led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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Defined? 30 BOARD Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
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Civil Rights 40 ANSWER Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for P_________ R_________ and his “I ______ a _______” speech.
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Civil Rights 40 BOARD Passive Resistance and “I Have a Dream” Speech
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Civil Rights 50 ANSWER This organization expanded to help with the struggle of African Americans.
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Civil Rights 50 BOARD NAACP
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Legislation 10 ANSWER This act banned literacy tests and poll taxes.
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Legislation and Protests 30 BOARD The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Legislation 20 ANSWER This Amendment failed but it did create a wider range of options for advancement for women.
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Legislation 20 BOARD The Equal Rights Amendment
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Legislation 30 ANSWER This act made it possible for all people to be treated fairly and for all people to use the same facilities; no more segregation in any public place or employment.
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Legislation 30 BOARD The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Legislation 40 ANSWER This Supreme Court case declared that separate schools and public facilities were equal.
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Legislation 40 BOARD Plessy v. Ferguson
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Legislation 50 ANSWER This Supreme Court case declared “Separate but equal” to be unconstitutional.
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Legislation 50 BOARD Brown v. Board of Education
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New Technologies10 ANSWER What new technology offered increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure?
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New Technologies10 BOARD Airline- Jet Engine
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2Sides of WWII 20 ANSWER What new technology enabled people to travel in automobiles across the United States easier?
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New Technologies 20 BOARD The Interstate Highway System
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New Technologies 30 ANSWER This industry created an enormous information revolution.
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New Technologies 30 BOARD The Computer Industry
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2Sides of WWII 40 ANSWER What new technology allows us to communicate faster and more efficiently through the use of the computer?
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New Technologies 40 BOARD The Internet
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New Technologies 50 ANSWER Telecommunications devices such as pagers, cell phones, and television are made possible through the use of this new technology.
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New Technologies 50 BOARD Satellite systems
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Globalized 10 ANSWER The linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communications is called this.
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Cold War 10 BOARD Globalization
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Globalized 20 ANSWER American businesses being run and operated in foreign countries is called this.
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Globalized 20 BOARD Outsourcing of jobs
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Cold War 30 ANSWER Policies to protect the environment, global climate change, and the conservation of water and other natural resources are all part of our Global ______________________. A.Energy B.Environment C.Immigration
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Globalized 30 BOARD Environment
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Globalized 40 ANSWER Our shoes are made in Vietnam, our shirts are made in China, and our jeans are made in Korea. This clearly shows the impact of __________________________ on American life.
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Globalized 40 BOARD Globalization
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Globalized 50 ANSWER Complete the list: The impact of globalization on American life includes all of the following: *improvement of all communications *availability of a wide variety of foreign- made goods and service *_________________ of ________
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Cold War 50 BOARD Outsourcing of jobs
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Who Knew? 10 ANSWER This new technology/industry has enabled Americans greater access to news and other information.
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Who Knew? 10 BOARD The Entertainment and News Media Industries
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Who Knew? 20 ANSWER We are able to study the moon, stars, and our planet Earth due to this new technology.
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Who Knew? 20 BOARD Space Exploration
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Who Knew? 30 ANSWER Changing immigration patterns in America changed during the second half of the 20 th and early 21 st centuries to what race of people?
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Who Knew? 30 BOARD Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans
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Who Knew? 40 ANSWER What would be a good title for the list? American ____________ Policy *Increase in terrorist activities *Conflicts in the Middle East *Changing relations with nations
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Who Knew? 40 BOARD American Foreign Policy
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Who Knew? 50 ANSWER *America’s dependency on foreign oil is a (n) _________________ issue *Global pandemics such as the swine flue is a world _______________ issue. A.immigration / energy B.energy / health
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Who Knew? 50 BOARD Energy / Health Dependence on foreign oil is an energy issue Global pandemics is a world health issue
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People 10 ANSWER This person is known for blood plasma in the area of Science.
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Mixed Up 10 BOARD Charles Drew
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People 20 ANSWER This person is known for franchising MacDonald’s.
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People 20 BOARD Ray Kroc
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People 30 ANSWER This person is known for the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb in the area of Science.
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People 30 BOARD J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Mixed Up 40 ANSWER This person is known for History in the area of Academics.
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People 40 BOARD Henry Louis Gates
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Mixed Up 50 ANSWER This person is known for Computer Technology such as Microsoft
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People 50 BOARD Bill Gates
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BOARD Congratulations! You are ready for your Benchmark Test
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